Core update
August 2023 core update
Rolled out 22 Aug – 7 Sep 2023, 16 days, 2 hours. Google’s page for it
What Google posted
Newest first. Times are UTC, with the Pacific time Google shows.
· 7 Sep 2023, 13:03 PDT
The rollout was complete as of September 7, 2023.
· 22 Aug 2023, 10:37 PDT
Released the August 2023 core update (developers.google.com). The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
Next to other core updates
Google’s 5th core update on its status dashboard, which lists them from November 2021.
It took 16 days, 2 hours, longer than every core update before it (they averaged 13 days, 19 hours).
- Before it: March 2023 core update, 15 Mar 2023
- After it: October 2023 core update, 5 Oct 2023
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